Do you have a schedule or do you just see something that needs to be done and tell one of the kids to do it?
My kids are 2 and soon to be 4. They don't have any set chores, but they do have chores. Feeding the dog, setting the table, clearing the table, taking care of their dirty clothes, helping put away clean clothes, helping me put laundry in the dryer/washer, vacuum, etc....they don't have to do these things, but they fight over wanting to do them and I sure as heck am not going to turn down the help! LOL When they get a bit older we will have a chore chart. I already have it from Melissa and Doug.
I have 3 kids...16, 12, and 10.
My kids rotate "dish day" where they are responsible for dishes for the day.
They also are responsible for keeping their room clean and changing the sheets every week.
The 16 year old is also responsible for doing his own laundry. The younger ones have their laundry done for them but they have to put it away.
Trash day is once per week, and they take the bins from the garage to the street.
Those are the basic chores. They can do "extras" to earn allowance if they choose. However, the basic chores are done because things needs to get done to run a household, and they are all old enough for the responsibilities.
No my daughter will never have to do chores. She does have to help clean up her things and keep herself clean but she will never have to do dishes, vaccuum, etc. unless she wants to. She is responsible for herself and her rooms but that is it.
My daughters only chore is to keep her room clean. She is 7 and I dont feel there needs to be any set chores. I want her to learn that if something needs done or if someone is doing something, she should do it or ask if they need help. So far this is working really well. She always helps me clean up dinner, any time I am cleaning the house she ask what she can do, she helps me with the laundry, feeding the animals. She is a big helper:) If/when the day comes that she no longer does this, than my husband and I will discuss chores.
My son didn't have chores until he was a teenager. He keep his room clean and do things like take out the garbage when I asked before that, or help me make dinner etc. but no I didn't think he needed to do chores daily when he was younger.
Now he is a young man, he has increased his responsiblity over the last few years. Now he does quite a few things around the house on a regular basis.
My twins are 20months old and they clean their room every night before bed. Sometimes I can hear them yelling "bye, bye toys" when they start to get tired.
They also help me with other things around the house. It takes me a little longer(sometimes a lot longer) to get everything done, but they are learning and eventually they will be able to do some tasks themselves.
yes, my girls are 12,8, and 5 and we have the "chore board" in our kitchen. when we first started it we gave each 3 chores a piece. but have since cut it down to just 2 a piece. and will slowly work more chores in later on. but the girls in no specific order, have things like, make beds, wipe off the dinner table, fold the towels, wash clothes, bring dirty laundry into laundry room, fold living room blankets and into the basket. we also have the basis rules of the house which are posted in the kitchen. Things like no tattling, hitting, brush teeth morning and night, hang bath towels, put shoes where they belong, etc....then we have the "points" they each designed a pouch. They each have 10 points they are allowed to get a wk. if they get their pouches full then theres no reward at the end of the week. However any points earned can be taken away by working toward behavior, attitude, manners and helping each other in various ways.. since then we have taken away a few chores since all that is pretty overwhelming to childre. we took it down to just cleaning their rooms daily adn working together to clean their bathroom, and they get to decide the divided chores among themselve. We still do the point system and follow all the house rules. its working remarkably well considering we waited until they were that old before we realized something had to give. and that learned that lesson the day we cleaned the same room twice in one day right behind them as they made a mess and left it......but its helping everyone, we have our bad days still but thats to be expected with 4 girls and one (very unlucky) guy in one house. haha
I want my children to grow up to be self sufficient adults, so YES, they have chores. They are 1,4,7 and 10. Obviously the baby doesn't do anything but help pick up his toys in the living room. The others do things as I see them needing done. They clean their rooms, make their beds, put their clothes away, clean the downstairs bathroom, clean up toys in the living room, take care of recycling, empty the dishwasher, sweep the kitchen, vacuum the living room, upstairs hallway and bedrooms, put laundry from the washer to the dryer, take out the trash, wipe down the table and clean walls. Some days they do several of these things, some days they do none of these things. For anybody who asks what I do... I spend 3 times as long teaching them how to do these things and do them myself a lot of the time. They are a part of this house and they should clean along with my husband and I (especially since they cause most of the mess LOL).
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- emmy526
on Nov. 24, 2009 at 9:40 PM